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<blockquote data-quote="phoenixgod2000" data-source="post: 4026517" data-attributes="member: 29808">I am devastated by these revelations. I realize that sounds like strong language for a fake world but that is how I feel.&nbsp; The Forgotten realms novels were some of the first books I ever read and I've played and ran D&amp;D in the realms almost exclusively since I graduated past the red box.&nbsp; I have a very strong connection to this world.This isn't my world anymore.&nbsp; I don't want to play in this bizarre wasteland that used to be the realms.&nbsp; Our current game is set in Maztica.&nbsp; A past company of adventurers basically controls the sea of fallen stars.&nbsp; I love the old empires and many adventures were set there.&nbsp; I like Midnight and the endless parade of gods and demigods.&nbsp; My favorite 2nd ed books are Faiths and Avatars, Powers and Pantheons, and Demihuman deities. Those three books, with all their detail have more story ideas per page than just about any other D&amp;D books. They've taken everything I like about the realms and subsumed it with some half-baked ideas that have no connection to the vast history of the realms.&nbsp; They've taken an amazing world and broken it to fit with their new mechanics instead of altering the mechanics to fit the world the way they should have.In a way I should be thankful.&nbsp; Now that the FR is so much ash, I'll get off my behind and do something new.&nbsp; I'm thinking of using the Dominions 3 game as the basis of my new world. Lots of kingdoms and empires and Pretender Gods make good epic destines.Congratulations Wizards, you've managed to make my almost twenty years of games and FR history totally worthless. This isn't a knock on 4e mechanics which I generally like so far--except for the stupid rings--just my feelings on FR</blockquote>

[QUOTE="phoenixgod2000, post: 4026517, member: 29808"] I am devastated by these revelations. I realize that sounds like strong language for a fake world but that is how I feel. The Forgotten realms novels were some of the first books I ever read and I've played and ran D&D in the realms almost exclusively since I graduated past the red box. I have a very strong connection to this world. This isn't my world anymore. I don't want to play in this bizarre wasteland that used to be the realms. Our current game is set in Maztica. A past company of adventurers basically controls the sea of fallen stars. I love the old empires and many adventures were set there. I like Midnight and the endless parade of gods and demigods. My favorite 2nd ed books are Faiths and Avatars, Powers and Pantheons, and Demihuman deities. Those three books, with all their detail have more story ideas per page than just about any other D&D books. They've taken everything I like about the realms and subsumed it with some half-baked ideas that have no connection to the vast history of the realms. They've taken an amazing world and broken it to fit with their new mechanics instead of altering the mechanics to fit the world the way they should have. In a way I should be thankful. Now that the FR is so much ash, I'll get off my behind and do something new. I'm thinking of using the Dominions 3 game as the basis of my new world. Lots of kingdoms and empires and Pretender Gods make good epic destines. Congratulations Wizards, you've managed to make my almost twenty years of games and FR history totally worthless. This isn't a knock on 4e mechanics which I generally like so far--except for the stupid rings--just my feelings on FR [/QUOTE]

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